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Restart

Volume 168: debated on Friday 9 March 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in the most recent 12-month period how many claimants called for restart interview have failed to attend their interview; how many of those failing to attend are believed to have found work; how many of those failing to attend have not found work; how many failing to attend have had their benefit stopped and how many of these have successfully appealed against the benefit decision; and how many failing to attend have subsequently re-registered as unemployed.

Between February 1989 and January 1990, 2,781,400 were called for restart interview, of which 299,000 were referred to unemployment benefit offices for failing to attend that interview. A total of 26,800 (9 per cent.) of these had their benefit or credits disallowed.The other information requested is not available.